Shoot From the Lip
Shoot From the Lip
“Emma had been released from the hospital last night, not long after her brother and sister arrived with Kate. The kids were relieved to see that Emma could walk and talk. Before we all drove back to the hotel, my practical sister made sure Emma called her insurance company to inform them of the accident.
Then Kate took the phone from Emma and arranged to have a rental car delivered to the hotel—this over Emma’s protests when Kate told them to bill her. After we’d arrived home, my sister and I w...ere asleep within a half hour. It had been a long day.
Today I would search for any of Xavier Lopez’s surviving relatives, and after devouring my blueberry muffin, I booted up my computer. Since Lopez had died at a young age, around thirty-three, his widow was probably still alive. The obituaries of fallen heroes, I soon learned, are easy to find, especially those related to a news-grabbing event like the marine barracks attack in ’83. It was one in a string of terrorist bombings that year, which offered more than a hint of what we now faced in the twenty-first century.MoreLess
Then Kate took the phone from Emma and arranged to have a rental car delivered to the hotel—this over Emma’s protests when Kate told them to bill her. After we’d arrived home, my sister and I w...ere asleep within a half hour. It had been a long day.
Today I would search for any of Xavier Lopez’s surviving relatives, and after devouring my blueberry muffin, I booted up my computer. Since Lopez had died at a young age, around thirty-three, his widow was probably still alive. The obituaries of fallen heroes, I soon learned, are easy to find, especially those related to a news-grabbing event like the marine barracks attack in ’83. It was one in a string of terrorist bombings that year, which offered more than a hint of what we now faced in the twenty-first century.MoreLess
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